Cleveland Museum of Art
Ruin by the Sea
Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827–1901) · 1881
Who used to live in this crumbling villa on a lonely shore? Böcklin's eerie painting seems to beg the question of the building's history and the circumstances of its ruin. Haunted by the past, this scene also contains premonitions of future peril.
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